1857–1932 British doctor who elucidated the role of the mosquito in the transmission of malaria.
Keywords: malaria; plasmodium; Manson; Laveran; Grassi; anopheles
Ross, Ronald
WF Bynum, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002467
| Further Reading | |
| book Ross R (1910) The Prevention of Malaria. London: John Murray. | |
| book Ross R (1923) Memoirs. London: John Murray. | |
| book Bynum WF and Overy C (eds) (1998) The Beast in the Mosquito: The Correspondence of Ronald Ross and Patrick Manson. Amsterdam: Rodopi. | |
| book Dictionary of National Biography (1931–1940) Wickham Legg LG (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
| book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Fox DM, Meldrum M and Rezak I (eds) (1990) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology. New York: Garland. | |
| book Nye E and Gibson M (1997) Ronald Ross: Malariologist and Polymath. London: Macmillan. | |
